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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 17, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – President Trump will speak at the 45th annual March for Life on Friday via a live video feed, becoming the first President to do so.
EWTN’s Lauren Ashburn broke the news on Twitter Wednesday morning.
BREAKING: @POTUS will address @March_for_Life Friday via TV feed
https://t.co/2rgQEkxbwv
— Lauren Ashburn (@LaurenAshburn) January 17, 2018
Previous Republican presidents have delivered remarks to the March for Life via pre-taped video messages or phone calls.
Neither the White House nor the March for Life have yet confirmed Trump’s live video appearance.
Last year, President Trump called out the media for giving extensive coverage to a pro-abortion march but not to the March for Life, the largest pro-life event in the world. The March for Life draws hundreds of thousands of people every year on or near the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand.
The theme of this year’s March for Life is “Love Saves Lives.”
Vice President Pence and White House advisor Kellyanne Conway both spoke at last year’s March for Life.
Operation Rescue recently named Trump its 2017 “pro-life person of the year.”
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